Money for nothing: The dire straits of medical practice in Delhi, India [An article from: Journal of Development Economics] Reviews

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Description: The quality of medical care received by patients varies for two reasons: differences in doctors’ competence or differences in doctors’ practice. Using medical vignettes, we evaluated competence for a sample of doctors in Delhi. One month later, we observed the same doctors in their practice. We find three patterns in the data. First, doctors do less than what they know they should do. Second, the more competent the doctor, the greater the effort exerted